Neville Ross Photo. DEEP SEA FISH. These pictures show the Lerner Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, at work at the Bay of Islands. The expedition is making plaster casts of New Zealand fish for shipment to New York, where the casts will be placed in the New Zealand section of the museum. Above, Mr. Michael Lerner is seen with the 708 lb. black marlin which he caught off Cape Brett. Top right, the fishing launch Minerva, one of the Bay of Islands deep-sea fishing fleet, passing through a Hock of sea-birds. Below, hauling up the giant black marlin shown above.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19887, 15 March 1939, Page 16
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105Neville Ross Photo. DEEP SEA FISH. These pictures show the Lerner Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, at work at the Bay of Islands. The expedition is making plaster casts of New Zealand fish for shipment to New York, where the casts will be placed in the New Zealand section of the museum. Above, Mr. Michael Lerner is seen with the 708lb. black marlin which he caught off Cape Brett. Top right, the fishing launch Minerva, one of the Bay of Islands deep-sea fishing fleet, passing through a Hock of sea-birds. Below, hauling up the giant black marlin shown above. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19887, 15 March 1939, Page 16
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